This 3 month certificate program will run from August 22 - November 16, 2023.

WEEKLY CLASSES
Every Tuesday and Thursday from 1pm-2:30pm (Pacific Time)
+ optional after-class 30 minute practice session

SPECIAL DATES
There will be a STUDENT ORIENTATION on the first day of class, Tuesday, August 22, 2023.

There will be a CLOSING CEREMONY on the last day of class, November 16, 2023. Family, friends, and loved ones are welcome to attend the Closing Ceremony.

There are no required books for this training. However, for the Art-Based Approaches to Healing Trauma class, it is recommended to have the following materials in order to participate fully.

• Newsprint or Drawing/Sketch pad of paper: size 18”x24”
• Oil pastel or Cray-Pas set or crayons
• Chalk pastels
• Color pencils
• Large glue stick
• Set of sharpie style pens/ or markers
• A journal with blank pages for writing and artwork
• Scissors 

Please go here:  www.somatopia.com/login and login to your Online Learning Library.  Please use the email and password that you utilized when you originally signed up for the program.  If you have forgotten your password, please click "Forgot Password" on that page and you will be sent a new password.

At the time of your registration, you should have received an email entitled "Albert Wong has invited you to join the Somatopia community."  (You may need to check your spam messages or promotional folders as sometimes it lands there.)  Once you find it, just click the button to Accept the Invitation -- and then complete all of the required information to register on the community site.  If this doesn't seem to work, please email [email protected] and let them know that you are having difficulty logging in and they should be able to help.  Thank you!

Some instructors may provide downloads that you may access via Zoom chat during class while you are in the live class on Zoom. If you are having difficulty downloading the materials via chat, please see the tutorial instructions here:

https://youtu.be/FDCudlxA_Ro

Additionally, downloads will be made available within 24 hours after class via the downloads button underneath each of the class videos in the online learning library.

Please email us here [email protected]  and we should be able to find the answer to your question or the solution to your problem. 

 You need to do 10 practice sessions.

They are due by January 16 - which is two months after the final day of class.

 It can be as short as 15-25 mins or as a long as a full session (up to 50 mins). Basically, your practice session needs to be long enough to practice the skill that you are interested in doing/exploring. But it does not have to be any longer than that — and it certainly does not have to be a “full session” in length.

Once you finish the practice session, have your practice client fill out the Evaluation Form. This will register in our system and we will then have a record of you having completed your practice session. For each Evaluation Form submitted, you will receive 1 credit towards your 10 practice session certificate requirement.

While we encourage you to be in the role of “practice client” as much as you are able, the sessions in which you are the practice client do not themselves count towards your 10 session quota. Only the sessions in which you are in the role of therapist/coach/facilitator/etc. count towards your 10 session quota.

No. The practice session evaluations are anonymous and confidential. They are not directly shared with the person who is being evaluated.

However, at the end of each practice session we encourage the practice client and the person who was in the therapist / coach / facilitator role to debrief and share what the practice session was like for each of you. In this manner, both the practice client and the person in the therapist / coach / facilitator role might receive feedback on their work and continue to learn and grow in their process. Additionally, if we see significant patterns or areas of concern showing up in your work, we will reach out to you to help you course correct in your learning journey and process.